Montana Fire Zone
Historical Fire Regimes
Note
Prior to European colonization the fee tracts within the Montana FWS fire zone had 51,450 acres of fire annually.
Historical Fire Annual Amounts and Their Associated Biophysical Settings
In the interactive chart below, hover over the various elements to learn how much of each BpS was on the landscape historically, and how much fire across the 3 main fire types happened annually prior to European Settlement.
Biophysical Settings descriptions
Below you will find a list of Biophysical Settings (BpS) that is linked to their descriptions. Note:
- There may be multiple BpS names listed. If so, this is because your landscape spans multiple LANDFIRE Map Zones and has multiple ‘variants’ for those BPSs.
- The names below are followed by a number in parentheses. The first 5-digit number is the BPS Code. The following numbers reprent the Map Zones. For example, “13020_65_66” is ‘Laurentian-Acadian Northern Hardwoods forest’ BpS (13020) in Map Zones 65 and 66.
- The map below will help orient you to the Map Zones for your landscape.